Siegfried Line
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The Siegfried Line, known in German as the Westwall, was a German defensive line built during the late 1930s.
Front line in December 1944
American soldiers cross the Siegfried Line and march into Germany.
U.S. soldiers pause for a rest among the ruins of the Siegfried Line in the Rhine Valley, February 1945
Bunker ruins near Aachen
Siegfried Line campaign
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The Siegfried Line campaign was a phase in the Western European campaign of World War II, which involved engagements near the German defensive Siegfried Line.
Siegfried Line
…Switzerland. The line had more than 18,000 bunkers, tunnels, and tank traps. From September 1944 to March 1945, the Siegfried Line was subjected to a large Allied offensive. The official German name for the defensive line construction program before and during the Second World War changed several times during the late…
M4 and M4A3 Sherman tanks and infantrymen of the U.S. 4th Armored Division advancing through Coutances.
Mulberry 'A' off Omaha Beach was critical in the early days for Allied supplies.
British infantry of the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment crossing the Seine at Vernon, 28 August 1944.